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Yggdrasil vs tinc: catalog facts
Yggdrasil	tinc
Free Free and open source, with no paid tier.	Free Free software under GPL version 2 or later.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Command line	Linux, Command line
All traffic is end-to-end encrypted Fully decentralised with no coordination server	Automatic full mesh routing with direct peer traffic Appears as a normal network device to existing software
Alpha-stage software with possible breaking changes Experimental network rather than a privacy VPN for hiding your IP	The 1.1 branch has been in prerelease for a long time Configured by hand with config files
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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